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GOLD SNUFFBOX, LOUIS XVI PERIOD

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Ref: 4849

GOLD SNUFFBOX, LOUIS XVI PERIOD

€6900

Era: Louis XVI.
Materials: gold.
Dim: W 5,5 cm / D 4,5 cm / H 2,2 cm.
Weight: 94 g.
Guarantee mark: Jean Baptiste Fouache, 1775-1781
Charge mark: Crowned P, 1778.
Release mark: Tête de singe (Monkey head) 1775-1781
Master goldsmith mark: illegible.

 

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Oval snuff box featuring yellow, and pink gold. The hinged lid is decorated with a central medallion featuring a trophy with a quiver with bow and arrow on a gold background amati symbols of Love. The medallion is framed with both a laurel friezes and a “barley grain” motif. The decoration of the side consists of four guilloche panels with "barley grain" alternating with antique garlands. An interlacing frieze underlines the side. The base has a guilloché decoration. Work from the Louis XVI period. Some old restauration on the base and wear to the guilloché.
 

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GOLD SNUFFBOX, LOUIS XVI PERIOD

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